Gyorgy Kun, a Hungarian Jew, was 12 when he stepped off the cattle car that delivered him and his family to Auschwitz in 1944 ...
In the videos shared by the Claims Conference, one survivor, Alfred Sobotka, shares a photo from his bar mitzvah, and points to his father and brother, both gassed on arrival at Auschwitz.
This version corrects the date of Fürst’s arrival at Auschwitz to 1944, not 1943, in the seventh paragraph. It also corrects the date of liberation of Buchenwald to April 11, 1945, not 1944.
Fuelled partly by these prejudices, Höss prepared for the arrival of the Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2 miles away from Auschwitz main camp. He oversaw the completion of a railway line ...
Upon arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau on the night of Aug. 3-4, 1943, a little boy named Benjamin was separated from his mother and sent directly into a gas chamber with his father and grandparents.
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, survivor Tova Friedman says she thought she was the "only Jewish child in the world".
But over time Helena's feelings changed, especially with the arrival of one particular train at Auschwitz Birkenau. Helena's sister was on board, along with her daughter and baby son. After they ...